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In that case, if you are (slightly worryingly ) taking any notice of anything I say: The newer thumbnail is just fine by me.

You might get comments saying "But they're sunbursts!", which is fine: viewer engagement and all that, and the most important thing is: Great Tutorial, well made for anyone wanting to make that...shape.

I am unable to send private messages to anyone anymore, and I am unable to create new topics.
And the message box is only 1 line long now as well, seems to have shrunk?
I keep getting this message:
Whoops!
You don't have permission to do that.
Anyone else experience this?

Absolutely! Just make a comp that has the star-/sunburst on its own, embed it into your main comp, then make that layer 3D. Rotate it 90 degrees on the X axis, place it as needed for floor or ceiling, then keyframe rotation on the Z axis to make it spin.

@jsbarrett - I like your work. Hope to see more. And thank you for the zooming tutorial. That may be just the thing I need for a project I'm working on now. I'll run it by the director later. If not that effect exactly, something similar would look really good.

I deeply appreciate everyone's support and input. I've got a growing list of topics for future videos, but the big challenge is settling on a schedule, as I do have to balance this around my primary work. For now I'm leaning toward releasing a new video every other Friday. Look for the next one on July 14th!

Well, tomorrow isn't happening. I'd started to work on it this morning, but then life unexpected jumped up and threw me a curveball (a good one). There's a slim chance I can work on it on Saturday. If not, it won't happen 'til the end of the month. Not like there's been a huge clamor for more, but I did announce the schedule, which apparently triggered a Murphy's Law chain of events. *sigh* When will I learn? If you want a schedule to work, don't post it!

Thanks gang! Glad these are useful (and mildly entertaining). Unfortunately I won't be able to begin actively working on the next Quick Tip for a few weeks due to my work schedule, but I'm really looking forward to diving into it.

Remember when I said there would be a new Quick Tip every other week? Yeah, right. Even without extended work trips, it's probably more realistic to shoot for one of these per month. (Now watch me get so busy that even monthly is too frequent!)